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It's time to change the transmission fluid in the 2006 Grand Caravan. Actually, at 108,000 miles it's a bit overdue. I'm trying to decide which fluid to use in it. Because of local availability I've narrowed it down to Mopar +4, Castrol Transmax +4, and the BG synthetic universal transmission...

I'm a computer professional and work for a medium business that used to be a small business. In the old days I spent a lot of time trying to revive old computers like that one. My experience has been that there's nothing that will help and old windows computer more than a fresh install. However...

Originally Posted By: KB2008X Carfax and similar services are only as good as the info that is reported to them, or supposed to be. A 13 year old vehicle could have been involved in any number of accidents that were not properly reported and will not show up. Yep, I agree, just bought a...

I've gone back and forth between synthetic and conventional in my Prism and Dakota. In fact I've used conventional, synthetic, and blend in the Dakota it at various times. I don't think you'll have any issues with your switch between blend and full synthetic plan and I think you'd be fine to go...

Yep did the smell test before buying. Looks and smells like ATF +4 in good condition (I think the +4 has a stronger smell than the Dextron that I'm more familiar with). Seems like the general consensus here is to change it; I'll probably do that. I found a pretty good deal on Amazon for the...

Well I ended up just picking up the pan on ebay and got it installed. It took almost 7 1/2 quarts to fill it up. The transmission must have drained almost dry while it was sitting there. I think I feel a lot better about it with doing it right and just replacing the damaged pan.

Recently bought a 2006 Grand Caravan. It's at 108,000 miles. Usually when I buy a used vehicle I take the approach that most car owners never do any maintenance beyond oil changes so just change, flush, etc anything that might have needed it before/at the current mileage. However, in this case...

Originally Posted By: babyivan ...you have no idea if there's more damage underneath all the other JB...re-application might last another 7 years or 7 days.... and possibly fail while driving... Yep that's kinda why I've been leaning toward fix it right and put a new pan on it.

It's pretty small. If I wipe all the fluid away there's a moment before it starts oozzing out again. I guess it must be a pin hole. But the whole right front corner is cover in JB weld, almost from top to bottom so I don't know if there's more damage under that.

Well junkyard was actually my first thought. I should have mentioned that in the original post. I've checked the national online search and only one junk yard came up and they wanted $75 for the pan. Unfortunately, our local junk yard is pretty pathetic. I might run over there Monday and see if...

My 97 Dakota has been sitting in front of the house for a couple weeks because of a problem with the steering knuckle. While it was sitting there it started bleeding transmission fluid all over the driveway. In less than a week it's leaked down to the point where the fluid doesn't even show on...

I would say that what I've observed is about 1 to 3 psi per month being normal in my vehicles. There's definitely something wrong with psi loss your seeing on the the rear tires. One common source of a very slow leak like that in my experience is the valve stems. Interestingly a guy once told me...

I just bought a 2006 Grand Caravan SXT. I was able to talk the seller down quite a bit because it needed new tires. Now it's time to buy tires. Originally, at the top of my consideration list were the Continental ProContact ECO plus and the Kumho Solus KR21. They are both available at a pretty...

Yeah I put a socket on the block drain plug, wouldn't budge so I decided it wasn't worth to risk. Just ran distilled through it twice and called it good.

I was able to get G-05 from NAPA last week.

I took the dipstick and tube that I had back to the dealership and he checked the VIN. It didn't really tell him which dipstick was the right one but he said this vehicle was a very early build for the 2006 model year. He exchanged the tube and dipstick I had for the 2005 dipstick. I tried it...

Originally Posted By: doitmyself [i]"I think Trophyslayer's picture of the oil dipstick is very interesting since it is about 1 inch shorter than yours and mine. I believe maybe you have a late 2005 engine or early 2006 engine with a 2006 long dipstick. Part 04694325AC is for 2004-2005 Part...

I recently bought a 2006 Grand Caravan with the 3.8 V6. When I was looking it over I pulled out the dipstick and it appeared to be way overfull. The then owner explained that the dealership had broken the original dipstick and replaced it with one from a 2005. He showed me where they had etched...

Originally Posted By: Oldmoparguy1 Forget about the block drains, not much liquid left in the block. The heater cores are the place with lots of water, including the rear one. If you have universal in it now, you might want to do the drain/flush cycle 3 times Good point makes sense that the...

Well it seems like the general consensus here is that there's no need to limit the OCI to 3,000. I'm thinking I might shoot for the 4,500 mark with conventional.